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Fairy fort / earthen ringfort in Listellick South

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort
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What is recorded here

'The more easterly of the two recorded monuments, this one is also situated on a south facing slope and is similarly scarped back into the slope of the hill. The site consists of a sub-circular bank of stone and earth enclosing an area measuring 27.5m N-S and 26.5m E-W. The site is abutted on its eastern side by the garden shed of a modern bungalow and similarly to KE029-071----, the southern side of the monument has been incorporated into the field bank, which traverses the development area. The enclosing bank is visible all round the site but there are a number of gaps through it and it has been damaged. It is on average 0.60m high externally, o.70m high internally and 4m wide. Similarly to KE029-071---- there is a height difference of 1.29m between the northern and southern sides of the site, while the interior has, again, a shallow “saucer” like profile. Again, there is no trace of a ditch, internally or externally, while the enclosing bank is very sheer externally, yet slopes gradually into the interior. There are no internal features and none of the gaps in the bank appear to be original.' Description from ‘The Prehistoric Settlement of the Lee Valley, Tralee, Co. Kerry; A Landscape Perspective’ by Michael Connolly. PhD Thesis UCC 2008 Date of upload: 09 July 2012

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed.

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